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Community-Based Urban Violence Prevention: Innovative Approaches in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab Region
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Abstract Urban violence has become a major threat in big cities of the world. Where the orthodox protection through the police and individual target hardening remain inefficient, the population must organize itself. This book contains first-hand accounts on a selection of the most innovative experiences in A... view more
Urban violence has become a major threat in big cities of the world. Where the orthodox protection through the police and individual target hardening remain inefficient, the population must organize itself. This book contains first-hand accounts on a selection of the most innovative experiences in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Arab region and is of interest likewise for academics and urban practitioners, policy makers, international cooperation experts or travelers preparing a visit of one of the affected countries.... view less
Keywords
Africa; Asia; Latin America; Arab countries; town; violence; prevention; security; criminality; crime fighting; police; anxiety
Classification
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law
Social Problems
Sociology of Settlements and Housing, Urban Sociology
Free Keywords
Community; GLOBUS; Peacebuilding; Urban Studies; Urbanism
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
312 p.
Series
Urban Studies
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/transcript.9783839429907
ISBN
978-3-8394-2990-7
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0